Research

Referred Journal Articles 

  • Kim, Y., Kim, Y., Wang, Y., & Lee, N. Y. (in press). Uses and gratifications, journalists’ Twitter use, and relational satisfaction with the public. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
  • Kim, Y., & Chen, H.-T. (in press). Social media and online political participation: The mediating role of exposure to cross-cutting and like-minded perspectives. Telematics and Informatics.
  • Kim, Y., & Jahng, M. R. (in press). Who frames nuclear testing? Understanding frames and news sources in the U.S. and South Korean news coverage of North Korean nuclear testing. Journal of International Communication.
  • Kim, Y., Kim, Y., & Wang, Y. (in press). Selective exposure to podcast and political participation: The mediating role of emotions. International Journal of Mobile Communications.
  • Kim, Y., Chen, H., & Wang, Y. (in press). Living in the smartphone age: Examining the conditional indirect effects of mobile phone use on political participation. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media.
  • Kim, Y. (2015). Does disagreement mitigate polarization? How selective exposure and disagreement affect political polarization. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1077699015596328
  • Kim, Y. & Chen, H. (2015). Discussion network heterogeneity matters: Examining a moderated mediation model of social media use and civic engagement. International Journal of Communication, 9, 2344-2365.
  • Lee, N. Y., Kim, Y., & Kim, J. (2015). Tweeting public affairs or personal affairs? Journalists’ tweets, interactivity, and ideology. Journalism: Theory, Practice, and Criticism. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1464884915585954
  • Kim, Y., Kim, Y., Lee, J., Oh, J., & Lee, N. Y. (2015). Tweeting the public: Journalists’ Twitter use, attitudes toward the public’s tweets, and the relationship with the public. Information, Communication and Society, 18, 443-458.
  • Kim, J. W., Kim, Y., & Yoo, J. J.-S. (2014). The public as active agents in social movement: Facebook and Gangjeong movement. Computers in Human Behavior, 37, 144-151.
  • Lee, N. Y., & Kim, Y. (2014) The spiral of silence and journalists’ outspokenness on Twitter. Asian Journal of Communication, 24, 262-278.
  • Lee, J. K., Choi, J., Kim, C., & Kim, Y. (2014). Social media, network heterogeneity, and opinion polarization. Journal of Communication, 64, 702-722.
  • Kim, Y., Chen, H., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2013). Stumbling upon news on the Internet: Effects of incidental news exposure and relative entertainment use on political engagement. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 2607-2614.
  • Chen, H.-T., & Kim, Y. (2013). Problematic use of social network sites: The interactive relationship between gratification sought and privacy concerns. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 16, 806-812.
  • Kim, Y., Hsu, S.-H., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2013). Influence of social media use on discussion network heterogeneity and civic engagement: The moderating role of personality traits. Journal of Communication, 63, 498-516.
  • Kim, Y. (2012). Politics of representation in the digital media environment: Presentation of the female candidate between news coverage and the website in the 2007 Korean presidential primary. Asian Journal of Communication, 22, 601-620.
  • Valenzuela, S., Kim, Y., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2012). Social networks that matter: Exploring the role of political discussion for online political participation. International Journal of Public Opinion Research, 24, 163-184.
  • Chen, H.-T., & Kim, Y. (2011). Attacking or self-promoting? The influence of tone of advertising and issue relevance on candidate evaluations and the likelihood of voting for an emerging challenger in Korea. International Journal of Strategic Communication, 5, 261-280.
  • Kim, Y. (2011). The contribution of social network sites to exposure to political difference: The relationships among SNSs, online political messaging, and exposure to cross-cutting perspectives. Computers in Human Behavior, 27, 971-977.
  • Jung, N., Kim, Y., & Gil de Zúñiga, H. (2011). The mediating role of knowledge and efficacy in the effects of communication on political participation. Mass Communication and Society, 14, 407-430.
  • Kim, Y. (2011). Understanding j-blog adoption: Factors influencing Korean journalists’ blog adoption. Asian Journal of Communication, 21, 25-46.